BRATTLEBORO-Under a slate gray sky with a cold wind sweeping across the Town Common, approximately...
JAMAICA-A 85–56 vote on Jan. 14 to keep Jamaica Village School open will affect the...
DUMMERSTON-The future of children's offerings at Lydia Taft Pratt Library will be a whole lot...
BRATTLEBORO-Three candidates have expressed interest in being appointed to the Windham Southeast School District (WSESD)
Three teenagers dart across the road, somehow oblivious to the siren, the lights, and the big red firetruck. “Watch out for the schoolkids,” warns firefighter and investigator Rusty Sage of the Brattleboro Fire Department (BFD). I slam on the brakes. The speedometer swiftly descends: 30, 25, 20, 16, 12, 10. The massive rig continues skidding forward, propelled by its own weight. The kids are in line with the truck's grill. The firetruck jerks to a stop. The last teen hops...
After months of campaigning, fundraising and dozens of candidate forums from one end of the state to the other, the Democrats finally have their nominee for governor. Maybe. As of noontime Wednesday, it appears that Senate President Pro Tem Peter Shumlin narrowly defeated Chittenden County Sen. Doug Racine by less than 200 votes. A recount could still happen. Some have said that having a five-way contest in the Democratic primary was a bad idea. We disagree. We think party primaries...
BRATTLEBORO-For the finale of its 25th anniversary year, Sarasa Ensemble presents "Birds of a Feather," with works by Rosenmüller, Reincken, Westhoff, Schmelzer, Scheidt, and J. S. Bach's Harpsichord Concerto in E major. The concert is set for Friday, May 10, at 7 p.m., at the Brattleboro Music Center. The Sarasa Ensemble is a collective group of international instrumentalists and vocalists who perform classical music spanning the 17th to the 21st centuries on both period and modern instruments for diverse communities.
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